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Heavenly Sword Demo Coming In “Very Near Future”
Posted by Chris Pereira Categories: Action, PlayStation 3,
I’ve aired my concerns over Heavenly Sword, which by all indications looks to be nothing more than a game where you beat the hell out of enemies in a coliseum setting. We’ve been promised a lot more, but we haven’t seen much more, so I’ve been reserving my excitement for when we get to see some of the real meat of the game. Well, it looks like we’ll have that opportunity when a demo is released on the PlayStation Network in the “very near future,” whatever that means.
The head of production at developer Ninja Theory, Mat Hart, had this to say on the developer’s IGN blog:
I can confirm that we are, of course, going to be releasing a demo for Heavenly Sword - and soon! This will be downloadable via the Playstation Network, so keep an eye out for it in the very near future - and I mean very near future!
Maybe this will be something we’ll see next week during E3. We know that Microsoft will be releasing tons of Marketplace content during the event as it did last year, so perhaps this is Sony’s way of combating that. Keep your fingers crossed.
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| Ninja Theory IGN Blog via Eurogamer
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The Bleeding Edge 161: Bluetooth SIG Demos Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Features
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Cameras, Smartphones, Corporate News, Features, PC / Laptop, Software, Videocasts, Videos, Wireless / WiFi,
Read More | The Bleeding Edge
Bleeding Edge TV 161: Bluetooth SIG Gives Us Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Demo
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Gizmatic, Short Bytes, Cell Phones, Corporate News, Features, PC / Laptop, Peripherals, Software, Videocasts, Wireless / WiFi,
Bluetooth SIG just announced the new spec for Bluetooth, that being Bluetooth 2.1+EDR. We had Mike Foley head on over to Gear Live headquarters to give us a first look at what is improved in the new spec, and to show off the ultra-cool near field communication technology that is now a part of Bluetooth. If that isn’t cool enough, we can also expect up to 5x better battery life out of our Bluetooth devices as well, as it pertains to Bluetooth battery drain. Check the video for all the details.
PS3s Demo Stations Arrive at Target
Posted by Michael Cardiff Categories: Hardware, PlayStation 3, Rumors, Screenshots,
Destructoid is among the first sites to notice that a major retailer, Target in this case, is starting to setup their PS3 demo units. If you’re lucky, the Target in your area has a PS3 demo station just waiting to be played. Destructoid noticed some issues though - specifically that the locked down controllers made it harder to test out the functionality of Sony’s SIXAXIS. Also, you won’t be able to put your grimy little mits all over the console itself - it should be interesting to see how pretty the console looks with fingerprints all over its shiny face.
Still, this might be your first chance to check out the shiny new graphics made possible by the Cell processor and compare it to the Xbox 360.
Read More | Destructoid
Playstation Magazine’s Hands-On with the Playstation 3
Posted by Brian Viele Categories: Home Entertainment, Video Games,
Playstation Magazine (PSM) got to play with what could be a final release version of a Playstation 3. Yes, it does work! In fact, it works “brilliantly” according to the users at PSM. There are some really nice pics on the site to check out showing the brilliant detail on their HD screen.
Key Comments:
- It’s quiet like a sleeping baby. A barely audible hum. With the TV on you simply can’t hear it at all.
- It’s heavy like a planet. No, really. It’s impossible to pick up with one hand.
- It’s shiny like a mirror. In fact, it’s impossible to take a photograph of it without the flash spanging every picture into a starburst mess. And therefore it’s massively prone to fingerprintage too, with the tiny amount of dust in the office magically attaching itself to its surface in seconds.
- The PS3 joypad is very light and the tilt system is very responsive.
- The start up is amazingly fast. And game load times were faster than expected. In fact, PS3 does both at about the same speed of PSP. ie, Long load times due to the massive Blu-ray disc? Nope. Simply not an issue.
Read More | Playstation Magazine
Gran Turismo HD Screens Online
Posted by Christopher Sasaki Categories: Driving, PlayStation 3, Screenshots,
One of the demonstrations that Sony made at E3 was a super-high resolution version of Gran Turismo, tentatively called Gran Turismo HD. The technical demo utilized the assets from Gran Turismo 4 ran at 1080p resolutions at 60 frames per second. Now, Japanese site Game Watch has made a set of full resolution screen captures from the technical demonstration available for download. At their site, users can grab a ZIP file with 10 high-resolution images. The sharpness of the images is amazing, and the screen grabs show some effects like depth-of-field. The environments are a little sparse, since they are based around the Playstation 2 version of the game, but still give gamers hope for what a full version of Gran Turismo could be for the Playstation 3.
Read More | Game Watch Japan
